West Duchovny & Scott Eastwood Join Crime Drama ‘Pearl’ From Filmmaker Marcos Efron
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: West Duchovny (Painkiller) and Scott Eastwood (Fast X) are in production in Austin, TX on Pearl, an indie drama written and directed by Marcos Efron (And Soon the Darkness), which will also star the Babylon duo of Lukas Haas and Ethan Suplee, along with Vincent Laresca (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood).
Inspired by pictures like Five Easy Pieces, The Sugarland Express, and Hell or High Water, the film follows a young musician, Pearl (Duchovny), who is stuck in an abusive relationship until she meets Eli (Eastwood), a bank robber on the run, who links up with her as he looks to evade law enforcement in rural Texas.
Details as to the roles of the other actors are under wraps. Producers include Chuck Pacheco of LBI Entertainment, Lavinia Postolache, Vince Maggio, and Eastwood.
Loren Albento is serving as executive producer. An up-and-comer known for roles Hulu’s psychological drama Saint X and Netflix’s limited series Painkiller, Duchovny has also appeared in films like Linoleum, A Mouthful of Air, and The Report.
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